Aenesidemus (Aenesidemos or Enesidemus), the son of Pataecus of
Gela
Gela (Sicilian and ; grc, Γέλα) is a city and (municipality) in the Autonomous Region of Sicily, Italy; in terms of area and population, it is the largest municipality on the southern coast of Sicily. Gela is part of the Province of Cal ...
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Sicily
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, was made tyrant of
Leontini in 498 BC by
Hippocrates of Gela
Hippocrates ( el, Ἱπποκράτης; died 491 BC) was the second tyrant of Gela and ruled from 498 BC to 491 BC. He was the brother of Cleander and succeeded him to the throne after his death in 498. With him, Gela began its expansion phase; ...
after aiding the latter in his effort to conquer southeastern Sicily. Aenesidemus likely continued to hold Leontini at least until the death of Hippocrates in 491 BC.
The inclusion of Aenesidemus as a character in the ancient Greek
novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...
''The Wonders Beyond Thule'' by
Antonius Diogenes
Antonius Diogenes ( grc, Ἀντώνιος Διογένης) was the author of an ancient Greek romance entitled ''The Wonders Beyond Thule'' (Τὰ ὑπὲρ Θoύλην ἄπιστα ''Apista huper Thoulen''). Scholars have placed him in the 2nd ...
provides the general fictive or dramatic date for these events.
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Sicilian tyrants
Ancient Syracusans
5th-century BC Greek people
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